Glaciohydrology of the himalaya-karakoram

MF Azam, JS Kargel, JM Shea, S Nepal, UK Haritashya… - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND The Himalayan-Karakoram (HK) region in south Asia is one of the most
heavily glacierized and vulnerable mountainous regions on Earth. The Indus, Ganges, and …

Black carbon and the Himalayan cryosphere: A review

CG Gertler, SP Puppala, A Panday, D Stumm… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - Elsevier
The Himalayan cryosphere borders global hotspots for emissions of black carbon (BC), a
carbonaceous aerosol with a short atmospheric lifespan and potentially significant impacts …

[HTML][HTML] Status and change of the cryosphere in the extended Hindu Kush Himalaya region

T Bolch, JM Shea, S Liu, FM Azam, Y Gao… - The Hindu Kush …, 2019 - Springer
The cryosphere is defined by the presence of frozen water in its many forms: glaciers, ice
caps, ice sheets, snow, permafrost, and river and lake ice. In the extended Hindu Kush …

Black carbon and mineral dust in snow cover on the Tibetan Plateau

Y Zhang, S Kang, M Sprenger, Z Cong, T Gao… - The …, 2018 - tc.copernicus.org
Snow cover plays a key role for sustaining ecology and society in mountainous regions.
Light-absorbing particulates (including black carbon, organic carbon, and mineral dust) …

Black carbon-induced snow albedo reduction over the Tibetan Plateau: uncertainties from snow grain shape and aerosol–snow mixing state based on an updated …

C He, MG Flanner, F Chen, M Barlage… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
We implement a set of new parameterizations into the widely used Snow, Ice, and Aerosol
Radiative (SNICAR) model to account for effects of snow grain shape (spherical vs …

[HTML][HTML] Black carbon concentration in the central Himalayas: Impact on glacier melt and potential source contribution

C Gul, PS Mahapatra, S Kang, PK Singh, X Wu… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study discusses year-long (October 2016–September 2017) observations of
atmospheric black carbon (BC) mass concentration, its source and sector contributions …

Observed high-altitude warming and snow cover retreat over Tibet and the Himalayas enhanced by black carbon aerosols

Y Xu, V Ramanathan… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
Himalayan mountain glaciers and the snowpack over the Tibetan Plateau provide the
headwater of several major rivers in Asia. In situ observations of snow cover extent since the …

A multilayer physically based snowpack model simulating direct and indirect radiative impacts of light-absorbing impurities in snow

F Tuzet, M Dumont, M Lafaysse, G Picard… - The …, 2017 - tc.copernicus.org
Light-absorbing impurities (LAIs) decrease snow albedo, increasing the amount of solar
energy absorbed by the snowpack. Its most intuitive and direct impact is to accelerate …

[HTML][HTML] Modulation of snow reflectance and snowmelt from Central Asian glaciers by anthropogenic black carbon

J Schmale, M Flanner, S Kang, M Sprenger… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Deposited mineral dust and black carbon are known to reduce the albedo of snow and
enhance melt. Here we estimate the contribution of anthropogenic black carbon (BC) to …

Modeling of aerosol induced snow albedo feedbacks over the Himalayas and its implications on regional climate

KH Usha, VS Nair, SS Babu - Climate Dynamics, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Regional climate model (RegCM-4.6. 0) coupled with Community Land Model
(CLM4. 5), which includes SNow, ICe and Aerosol Radiation (SNICAR) model was used to …